tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19965887251468319432024-03-14T11:49:12.361-07:00FUNdamentalsOur Homeschool DiaryCeliah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-17159288849111321222012-04-10T13:20:00.001-07:002012-04-10T13:20:49.787-07:00Felt Angry Birds SetAndy LOVES the game Angry Birds. However we prefer him playing physical games rather than ones on a screen so I got the idea one day to make him a physical set to play with. I made them out of felt and stuffed the pigs with normal stuffing but I stuffed the bird with small dried beans cause I thought it would have a better impact when thrown. It worked perfectly and Andy LOVES his 'real' Angry birds set. I plan on making the other birds too when I get some extra sewing time but for now he has some pigs, a red bird and some random pieces of wood that my Dad cut for him...<br />
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Stage 1...<br />
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Stage 2... (Andy proudly showing his Angry Birds set)<br />
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Stage 3...<br />
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Stage 4... Setting up after destruction <br />
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Andy creates really great stages. He took his set to his Granny's house one day but with 5 little boy cousins hurling the bird at the pigs the birds nose started coming off so Mommy needs to perform a bit of needle surgery soon and then the games can continue...<br />
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Stage 5... :)<br />
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<br />Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-7160058226917143312012-01-13T04:30:00.000-08:002012-01-13T04:30:15.765-08:00Day 16 - Day 22 Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceDue to the busy holiday season we missed out on day 15, 23 and 24 but we managed to complete and have great fun with all the rest of the activities. We will definitely do this again next year. The kids really enjoyed their treats out of their advent calendar daily stockings too so all in all our 2011 Advent Experience was awesome. Here's pics of the days I haven't posted yet...<br />
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Day 16...<br />
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Day 17... <br />
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Day 18... <br />
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Day 19... <br />
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Day 20... <br />
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Day 21... <br />
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Day 22... <br />
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<br />Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-75030384822073112892011-12-14T23:15:00.000-08:002011-12-14T23:15:48.086-08:00Day 14: Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceDay 14... the stable because there was no room in the Inn... <br />
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Yesterday was a gloomy and very wet day despite the fact that it is summer so when we realized we had to go outside for twigs for our crafts we started to despair. Not for long though... because we're really good at improvising ;)<br />
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As we were eating our morning fresh fruit snack I looked at the twigs on the bunches of grapes we were munching and had a light bulb moment... ting!<br />
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So we gathered our supplies... some craft sticks, glue and our 'creative' twig substitute... <br />
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And made this delightful little stable... <br />
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<br />Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-9697049839130619282011-12-14T05:42:00.000-08:002011-12-14T07:50:55.679-08:00Fridge Magnet Notebook TutorialI had this idea a few months back and stored it in the back of my mind to make for Christmas presents for two of my sisters and my sister-in-law. So I thought I'd put a tutorial up incase anyone else wants to make a frugal Christmas present for a loved one.<br />
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The supplies you will need are:<br />
3 small notebooks<br />
1 A4 sheet of thin wooden board. I used a decoupage blank I found in the craft store.<br />
Scrapbook paper. You could also use a photo or a little picture your children drew
or painted, this will be a perfect option if this gift is intended for
doting grandparents.<br />
2 pencils<br />
Embellishments of your choice<br />
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You will also need one of those plastic book binders you get at the print shops. A size that your pencil will comfortably fit into. <br />
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And a magnet sheet... <br />
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Now on to the crafty goodness... take your wooden sheet and cut it into 3 equal pieces. I asked my Dad to do this on his rotary cutting machine. Sand the edges with sand paper until smooth.<br />
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Take you pencils and with a scissors make a groove then snap it into two... <br />
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Sand the ends to make it smooth. Now you have 4 small pencils out of 2 large ones... <br />
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Cut your coordinating scrapbook paper, photo or art into squares to fit the top of your piece of board... <br />
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Cut your book binder into sections of three... <br />
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Now on to the gluing. Heat up your glue gun and get rid of the kids i.e. put them in the room with play dough while you work with the glue gun on the kitchen counter far away from little hands. Glue the notebooks to the bottom half of your wooden sheets... <br />
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Now glue on the sections of book binder (this is to hold your little pencil)... <br />
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Embellish your scrapbook square as much or as little as you like... <br />
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For the gift tags I used little window cards...<br />
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and glued in little squares that I embellished with beads... <br />
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And made three of them for the three gifts... <br />
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Now all that's left to do is to wrap and admire your handy work...<br />
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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Have fun.<br />
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<center><a border="0" href="http://www.freeprettythingsforyou.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/FPTFY/Buttons/New-button--arpil-2011.png" /></a></center>Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-33635471940144970212011-12-14T05:04:00.000-08:002011-12-14T05:04:46.706-08:00Day 13: Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceDay 13 was Bethlehem so the kids made the cutest little houses out of egg cartons. This craft was extra exciting because it was one that Jane could join in on.<br />
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They painted their houses and made little black dots for the windows with black paint.<br />
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Andy and Jane's finished ornaments... <br />
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<br />Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-32441822783407676992011-12-14T04:59:00.000-08:002011-12-14T04:59:53.504-08:00Day 12: Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceOn Day 12 we did a cute 'I spy jar' relating to the census where Mary and Joseph had to go to Bethlehem to be counted. I thought it was a really excellent connection between subject and craft the rice grains being the many people and Mary and Joseph being amongst them. Ours turned out rather hilarious but fun none the less :)<br />
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Their treats were Woolies eggs. Andy got the dinosaur egg which to his delight contained the skeleton of a T-rex's skull and a small packet of sweeties and Jane got a Hello Kitty one with a hair clip and sweeties inside :) <br />
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Jane asking for hers to be opened... <br />
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Andy coloring the rice in a bag with gel food coloring and a bit of hand sterilizer cause we didn't have rubbing alcohol, which I thought was an excellent tip given in <a href="http://truthinthetinsel.com/" target="_blank">the book</a>.<br />
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Feeling the rice before setting it down to dry...<br />
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In the mean time Andy took all our pipe cleaners out of our craft box and made rings out of them then using the lid of the craft box he went around selling his wares...<br />
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I of course bought some because who could resist such beautiful jewelry...<br />
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Our supplies for Mary and Joseph were rather unusual. I of course couldn't find the permanent marker when I need it so we opted for thin black tape. For the heads we used a bunch of plastic balloons from the cake shop. <br />
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We cut pieces of tape for the faces... told you ours came out hilarious... <br />
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Our i spy container on the tree...<br />
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So Monday is a crafty goodness day of catch up. This morning we made Joseph for Day 9. I didn't have the correct shaped peg called for in the instructions so we used craft sticks for the legs and a round Christmas ornament for the head. I glued it with hot glue...<i></i><br />
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Joseph with Mary and a felt heart on our tree... <br />
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Day 10 was about Joseph's dream so Andy made this pillow stuffed with cotton wool. I inserted an eyelet for easy hanging and we glued the bottom shut with fabric glue... <br />
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This Mommy is a decluttering Mommy so unfortunately we didn't have magazines lying around to cut up. I did however have scrapbook paper which we cut some letters from. I didn't like the lowercase j in the front of the name of Jesus so I just filled in a capital J with a marker :) <br />
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We glued a pipe cleaner to the back to hang it... <br />
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We had so much fun this morning! My lounge floor needs a good sweeping now cause Jane has to join in on the crafting fun by 'sorting' through our craft box while we are busy and Andy loves cutting up the little bits of left over materials into tiny pieces :)<br />
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Andy is really happy cause it's school holidays so the neighbour kids are all at home. He's busy right now having a lovely morning picnic under the shade of a big tree with 2 of his friends. I so fondly remember my own carefree summer holidays! Okay enough day dreaming... got to go do those dishes... and sweep the floor :)Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-27407938904307613642011-12-08T01:57:00.001-08:002011-12-08T02:05:27.186-08:00Day 8: Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceAndy's reaction to today's treat... Wow, sugar-free lollipops :-)<br />
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Luckly the kids see the sugar free lollipops I buy from the health shop as a treat and seeing that it contains no artificial ingredients or sugar there is no Mommy guilt attached to giving them. :-)<br />
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The craft for today was to make a sun so we cut out a sun from the template given in <a href="http://truthinthetinsel.com/" target="_blank">the book</a> using fun foam and Andy 'painted' glue onto it...<br />
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While Jane tried to get up to have a better 'look' (somehow toddlers, glue and glitter don't make a very friendly combination - don't ask me how I know that)! ...<br />
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He then sprinkled golden glitter all over his sun... <br />
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We inserted a brad and proudly pegged it onto our tree... <br />
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Now Andy wants to go to one of his favourite places... the beach :-)<br />
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Day 7's scripture reading, discussion and craft was about Mary singing so we had to decorate a CD. Andy wanted to do sand art so we collected the supplies including some shiny paper to cover the back of the CD.<br />
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Andy doing his sand art...<br />
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The finished ornament...<br />
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And the shiny back...<br />
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<br />Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-9124623264404158642011-12-06T11:33:00.001-08:002011-12-06T11:42:36.330-08:00Day 6: Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceEnjoying Advent calendar treats in our pj's (but after breakfast - cause even this mommy doesn't bend the rules too much in the festive season)!<br />
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After getting dressed, on to crafty goodness. Andy painting Mary and Elizabeth...<br />
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And Jane plays with play dough...<br />
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While Mary and Elizabeth dries Andy joins in the fun...<br />
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Andy cut the paper dolls and their clothes out and assembled them. I decided to pin them up cause our little Christmas tree is getting rather full with all this festive craftiness and there are still many more days (and ornament crafts) till Christmas!<br />
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<br />Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-56859280025787680872011-12-06T11:09:00.001-08:002011-12-06T11:28:48.236-08:00DIY Pin boardI've been wanting to get Andy a pin board to display some of his art work at his school desk but couldn't get it over my heart to spend R200+ on one so I've been thinking about how to make my own. We recently had to buy a new microwave so when I opened up the box and saw the square slab of Styrofoam my mind started working. While I was buying craft supplies yesterday I saw a large sheet of cork and it was settled.<br />
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I took the styrofoam and cork sheet...<br />
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and using the foam as a template I traced a line with a pencil and cut out the cork...<br />
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I then rolled some glue onto the top surface of the foam... <br />
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Stuck the cork on, weighed it face down with some books for a while and then air dried it outside... <br />
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When it was dried I displayed some of Andy's mosaic art as well as his latest two Christmas ornaments. I also put up some letters that I decoupaged with scrapbook paper... <br />
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A fresh look for his 'school' corner and the pin board cost me all of R8 to make... can't beat that!!! <br />
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<center><a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/" title="Todays Creative Blog"><img alt="Todays Creative Blog" src="http://todayscreativeblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/button.jpg" style="border: medium none;" title="Todays Creative Blog" /></a><center></center></center></center></center>Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-51360052950779930472011-12-06T00:32:00.001-08:002011-12-06T00:37:50.343-08:00Day 5: Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceDay 5 was Hello Kitty treats and a Mary craft. <br />
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Jane is a bit too small for so many treats so I let her open it and then she shares it with me :-) <br />
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We made a Mary ornament out of a peg... <br />
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When we finished our scripture reading and discussion we played with Gabriel and Mary, acting out the scene... <br />
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<br />Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-1379179584642606022011-12-05T12:40:00.001-08:002011-12-05T12:55:57.834-08:00Day 3 and 4: Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceOn Sunday the 4th we caught up and did Days 3 and 4... <br />
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Day 3 had a treat a little too big for our Advent Calendar stockings so I put a little map in it along with the little Truth in the Tinsel clue. The map led Andy to two marshmallow pies which he found under Jane's chest of drawers...<br />
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Afterward we did our Day 3 Zachariah ornament. I searched everywhere for our googly eyes but couldn't find any so we used buttons instead and I promptly started organizing our craft supplies again. It's amazing how quickly it gets in a muddle.<br />
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Everyday we do the extra 'activity' giving and Andy thought this the funniest. We had to talk holding our tongue at the same time. The effect was hilarious. While we were driving back from visiting my mother in law Andy burst out laughing in the car and through his giggles he said he was thinking about when we talked while holding our tongue :)<br />
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Day 4 was the angel Gabriel. Our craft supplies weren't entirely organized yet so I couldn't find any pipe cleaner which the wings were supposed to be made of but we're good at improvising by now right, so we used our trusty fun foam for the wings, scrapbook paper for the body and a Christmas bell ornament for the head. This was a really pretty and fun one!<br />
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<br />Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-81005568480856040342011-12-05T12:28:00.001-08:002011-12-05T12:40:25.910-08:00Day 1 and 2: Truth in the Tinsel Advent ExperienceBecause we were at the Homeschool camp on December the 1st and 2nd, we did these two days on Saturday the 3rd to catch up.<br />
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Day 1 was a candle ornament. We didn't have black card so Andy painted blue fun foam with black paint which worked out fine and had the same effect only with more painting fun added :)<br />
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It has strips of tissue paper sandwiched between two of the foam cut outs cut from the template provided in the eBook. Our finished candle ornament... <br />
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Day 2 was a crown made from the inner tube of a toilet roll. Andy chose to paint it yellow... <br />
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And decorated it with beads and glitter... <br />
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These activities are out of the eBook <a href="http://truthinthetinsel.com/" target="_blank">Truth in the Tinsel: An Advent Experience for Little Hands.</a>Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-90255075810833910952011-12-05T12:08:00.001-08:002011-12-05T12:27:43.480-08:002011 Homeschool CampThe kids and I attended our Homeschool group's annual camp from 30 November till 2 December. We had such fun. Andy was freeeeeeeeeeee... he could play with friends, run without boundaries, explore nature and discover huge 'sticks' beyond his wildest dreams...<br />
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He loved swimming in the river...<br />
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Jane enjoyed the camp too although she was stuck to me like glue the entire three days :)<br />
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She got her feet wet... <br />
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She made sure to take time to moisturize her beautiful skin...<br />
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She made sure her dolly got lots of early morning fresh air and hugs...<br />
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And she had fun exploring nature and looking as adorable as possible while doing so...<br />
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Each year we have a prize giving where each child receives their certificate for their Homeschool year and a present provided by the parents. This year I bought Andy the T-Rex toy that he's been wanting for the last few months. It lights up and roars and he was over the moon when he opened his present and realized what it was. It was so much fun watching his surprise and joy.<br />
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One of the activities at the camp was moulding with clay. Each child had to make something out of clay and I was so very proud of Andy when he won first prize in the 5 year old category for his cobra...<br />
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We had a BLAST!!!Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-82038330659993823782011-12-05T12:05:00.001-08:002011-12-05T12:05:51.503-08:00Our 2011 Advent CalendarThe idea for our calendar came to me when I was in Woolworths buying some birthday gifts and I spotted some Christmas chocolates with a little felt Christmas stocking ornament attached to it. My mind started working over time and the result was a felt stocking for each day to hold a treat and I strung the lot onto a festive ribbon and mounted it on our lounge wall near our Christmas tree.<br />
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Andy wanted to help so he embroidered the two orange stockings with bells cut out of felt and I embroidered his name and the year on it so that we will remember in years to come...<br />
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I inserted an eyelet into each stocking to put the ribbon through and decorated each with whatever I created or had on hand...<br />
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I made sure it was high enough to be admired but not within reach to be handled LOL! I've learnt from previous years that treats seem to mysteriously vanish when within reach of certain people :)<br />
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So when it's time to receive the daily treat I simply slip the one side off and lower it for collection :)<br />
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We are also doing an eBook this year called <a href="http://truthinthetinsel.com/buy-the-book" target="_blank">Truth in the Tinsel</a>. I first heard about this over at one of my favorite blogs <a href="http://allthingschildren.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Love and Lollipops</a>. I fell in love with the idea of having scriptures, discussions and an ornament activity laid out for you to do each day! My husband bought the book for us on the 30th of November when the kids and I were up in the mountains on the annual Homeschool camp (unfortunately he couldn't join us this year due to work commitments) so when I came back on the 3rd of December I printed it out, put each little clue picture in our advent calendar along with the treats and then we played some catch up over Saturday and Sunday. So now we've started the new week up to date on our Advent calendar and almost up to date with the washing from the camp :)<br />
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I will be blogging our Truth in the Tinsel Advent journey.Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-65366621618593899072011-11-27T01:04:00.001-08:002011-11-27T01:16:46.547-08:00Lap HarpAndy loves playing on his lap harp. It's lovely to hear his natural musical abilities being expressed as he follows the little notes but keep perfect timing even though he doesn't fully understand the timing of different notes yet. The lap harp comes with handy little music sheets that have the notes underneath the right string so that it makes it very enjoyable and easy for young children with no frustration involved :-)<br />
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Yanky Doodle is by far his favourite song to play :-) <br />
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As a family that doesn't own a TV (by choice) we appreciate the developing skills and delightful entertainment by candlelight after supper... <br />
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Anyway, this tutorial won't be super detailed but hopefully it'll make sense and at the end I'll give the details of the give away.<br />
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Cut two circles of fabric (whatever size you want your playmat to be). I used the kids' little round dinning table as a template. <br />
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Cut a pond out of felt and tack it to the circle of fabric that you will be using for the inside of the playmat. I mounted the area onto a large embroidery hoop to keep things in place and level. Then use embroidery thread and secure the felt onto the playmat by doing a blanket stitch edging. Please don't think skipping tacking will save you time because in the long run it will cost you time to unpick things when they start going skew. It only takes a few moments to tack your felt in place SO DO IT!<br />
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This is the template I free-handedly cut for the caves. The felt in the picture is held double with the fold on the left. <br />
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Cut as many caves as you want and then TACK it onto your fabric and blanket stitch it down with matching color embroidery thread. <br />
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Put the two circles of fabric wrong sides together and stitch it together along the edge with as small a seam allowance as possible. This is just to keep the two layers together and in place for you to stitch the bias binding on. Stitch the binding all the way around with matching thread. Now for the eyelets. If you don't have a eyelet tool then make button holes on your sewing machine or by hand. I found a knitting needle the same size as the eyelets make a great hole so you can place the eyelet over the created hole and then press it down with the eyelet tool. <br />
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When your eyelets are spaced as desired you can take some cord in a matching color to your fabric and thread it through making a knot on each end so that it doesn't pop back through the eyelets again while in use. <br />
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To fold your playmat up, simply pull on the cord and tie a bow. This is really nice and compact and you can even store your little toy animals inside to save space. <br />
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And last but not least, get down on the floor and join in with the fun by playing animals with your kiddos.<br />
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Being my first tutorial I hope that made sense! I got the idea of making this when I saw <a href="http://lovelylittlesweetpeas.blogspot.com/2011/03/animal-play-mat-another-finished-object.html">this blog post at Loving little Sweetpeas</a> linked through <a href="http://allthingschildren.blogspot.com/2011/04/felt-car-play-mat.html">this blog post at Love and Lollipops</a>.<br />
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Now for the give away...<br />
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The last two pictures above shows the playmat I made for the give away. I will let it run from now till 31 October 2011 by which date I will pull a number up on a random number generator and announce the winner. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment to this blog post.Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-87946519303089470222011-08-24T04:24:00.000-07:002011-08-24T04:24:58.456-07:00Welcome back to me!!! :)After moving in Feb, not having Internet for too many months and now not having a home pc (cause I managed to break it) I couldn't resist anymore and am doing this blogging in a longer rather more tedious way on the iPad. I'm hoping to get my blogging done on Hubby's laptop in the evening so I'm going to set one evening a week in which I hijack his laptop for an hour or two to get my blogging done.<br />
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I'm not going to even start to attempt to catch up on what we've been up to in the last 7 months but I will disclose what my future blogging will hold!<br />
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Amongst many other sewing projects I've finished, I sewed a round play mat that folds into a bag for Andy. I got this idea off of a link in a blog post on love and lollipops (a link to love and lollipops can be found in my sidebar). I not only made one for Andy but I took step by step photos cause the blog post I got it from only had a picture not a how-to so I figured it out by myself. But not only am I going do a tutorial I also made an extra one for FUNdamentals' very first give away. I guess it's a sort of welcoming-myself-back-into-the-blogging-world gesture :)<br />
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So keep your eyes peeled for a play mat tutorial and give away but don't hold your breath cause I first have to hijack a laptop from my software developer husband which might sound easier than it is ;) LOL!!!<br />
Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-43466561692365511082011-02-22T09:35:00.000-08:002011-02-22T09:35:41.979-08:00Snack IdeasSnacking is essential for kids. I found that the only time Andy gets really irritated or moody is when he's hungry (just like us adults do) so I thought I'd share my way of dealing with snack times. This also came in especially handy with the addition of Jane to our family because inevitably Andy would ask for a snack when I'm putting Jane to sleep or nursing her. Every morning I prepare his 'snack box' while I prepare breakfast (either raw rolled oats with fresh fruit, nuts and yogurt or cooked oats with milk and honey or fruit salad with yogurt or homemade whole wheat pancakes are a few of our breakfast choices, both my husband and I agree that sugary cereals don't enter this house!!!) <br />
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I use my Tuperware cake holder which is perfect because he can lift the lid on and off by himself and it keeps the food covered and fresher as well as keeping flies out. <br />
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I base it on 80% variety fresh fruits, some protein (nuts, cheese, biltong etc.) and a little carb. I keep the starchy foods to a minimum because his set meals contain a lot of this e.g. oats for breakfast, homemade bread for lunch and pasta, rice etc. for supper.<br />
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So here's a few examples...<br />
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Full cream yogurt, homemade bread with cheese, banana, plum, grapes...<br />
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Grapes, cling peach, rough oat cakes, cheddar cheese, droewors (dried sausage)... <br />
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Cling peach, apple, grapes, sliced mango, carrot sticks, biltong, droewors... <br />
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This snack was just a quick morning snack cause we were going out for the day. Banana, naartjie, ants on a log (celery, peanut butter, raisins)... <br />
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Here is a fun breakfast we made one morning. Cut a circle out of a slice of bread with a glass, put the bread into a pan and fry an egg in the hole, also toast the circle piece of bread from the center on the side. I sauted some mushrooms to go with it and Andy spread his own tomato sauce on...<br />
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The key to a peaceful home is to be prepared!Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-8805385488796955122011-02-16T08:53:00.000-08:002011-02-16T08:53:43.868-08:00We're moving!I was hoping to get more blogging done this year but it looks like that'll have to happen once we've settled into our new place. My husband and I have been thinking of moving closer to his work for quite some time now becauce he spends far too much time traveling everyday. Our area of choice has been Pinelands from the start as it's an easy distance to his work and my parents and granny lives there :)<br />
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So a few weeks ago we went to view a place, liked it very much and now we're moving at the end of Feb. Needless to say my days have been filled with decluttering, sorting, packing, cleaning etc.<br />
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We're very excited cause we'll be a 5 minute walk away from my parents' house, a 10 minute drive away from Andy's cousin and best friend, Jude, who is the same age as Andy, and we're right across the street from all the shops and the library!!! So instead of having to buckle the kids up into the car and try entertain them both on the journey I can take the pram and be at the library in probably under 2 minutes!<br />
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I have a ton of stuff to blog about but no time to do it in so once we're settled in I'm hoping to have a bit more time to start recording once again what we are doing for homeschool.<br />
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Until then...<br />
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xxxCeliah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-56992464873653279332011-01-26T01:20:00.000-08:002011-01-26T01:47:54.123-08:00'Digesting' 2011I am not going to attempt making excuses for not blogging in the past month because we all know 'life' happens, and sometimes in such abundance that time for blogging is non existent. My husband was on leave for more than a month so life has been a busy whirl of outings, holidays, cooking gorgeous food, eating gorgeous food and spending loads of time with the family. We started off our holidays with going to the annual homeschool camp for three days and then two weeks later we went camping again for a week. Christmas day I spent at home cuddling Jane who had an awful tummy virus and the boys spent Christmas by my husbands family. We had a gorgeous Sea Side holiday at Paternoster in early January and it was by far one of the best holidays ever!!! <br />
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Andy experienced his first time eating crayfish. He really enjoyed it, especially getting the meat out of the legs...<br />
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So our school year has officially started as of last week. My husband is back at work and our lives are back to the normal routines. We started by decluttering and tidying Andy's room so that it's neat and stream lined for clear thinking and fun times. In between doing this we've started studying the human body and Andy is fascinated. I find he's at such a nice age now where he can start understanding and appreciating the way the human body works. This morning he chose fresh fruits for breakfast and when he ate a nectarine the skin was a bit sour. Usually he would eat the flesh and leave the skin but he asked me "Mommy, is the skin healthy?". I explained to him that all parts of the fruit contains nutrients and without another word he ate all the skin and flesh and continued eating his other fruit. I find it so beautiful because we've been studying the digestive system and he's been very fascinated with the journey food takes through our bodies and the way our bodies use what it needs out of the foods we eat. He's been very conscious of making healthy decisions about the foods he eats with the only help from me being the answers to his questions whether the food is healthy or not. I believe this is the foundation to a healthy lifestyle and food choices for his childhood and adult life. We have such a HUGE responsibility because what we instill in them now as children makes a huge impact whether they will make healthy choices or not for the rest of their lives!!! Here is the book I bought which has been such a great tool in teaching Andy about the body...<br />
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In the next few blog posts I would like to share a glimpse into our weekly homeschool activities and subjects and a few other things that I've been thinking of blogging about but never got the time to sit down and do it :-)<br />
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Happy learning! And remember, have FUN!Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-44662426992868901192010-12-15T08:19:00.000-08:002010-12-15T09:12:20.463-08:00Christmas presents for Andy's cousinsFor the cousins' Christmas presents this year we are making DIY Bird Feeder Kits! I came across the idea of making bird feeders out of pine cones a while back but then there's the issue of peanut butter smearing everywhere so how do you store it to gift!? So I came up with the idea of making up a kit so each cousin can make his/her own feeder. :) <br />
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So if you're still looking for gift ideas here's what I did...<br />
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First make the instruction tags. I cut out squares of green card and used some pictures from a roll of Christmas gift wrap to decorate it...<br />
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Punch a hole in the top corner of each tag and write step by step instructions on the back of the tag. <br />
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Now gather your supplies. Pine cones (we collected ours when we went camping last week), Peanut butter, bird seed, ribbon (1m per kit), containers for peanut butter, containers for seeds, sandwich/or freezer bags, tags and Popsicle sticks (I thought the Popsicle stick would be the perfect size and shape to get into the grooves). <br />
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Now fill your containers with peanut butter in some and seeds in the others (we found the pill containers were perfect for the seeds). <br />
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Fill each bag with a pine cone, a container of peanut butter, a container of seeds a popsicle stick and a piece of ribbon cut into a length of 50cm. Thread another 50cm length of ribbon through the punched hole in the tag and tie the bag shut with a knot and a bow. <br />
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Now make a bird feeder with your lil' 'un. Take the Popsicle stick and smear peanut butter onto each 'spike' of the pine cone (or you can simply roll it in the peanut butter and then roll it in the seeds). Cover the p. butter with the seeds. Tie one end of the ribbon round the top and the other end round a branch in your tree.<br />
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Happy bird watching and Merry Christmas! :)<br />
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I linked this to:<br />
<a href="http://www.abcand123learning.com/2010/12/show-and-tell-38.html">ABC and 123 Show And Tell</a><br />
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First we cut out gingerbread boys and girls and stars with our cookie cutters and decorated them with choc chips and other sprinkles...<br />
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Then when they were baked and cooled I put different colour butter icing in bags and snipped the tip to make it into a piping bag. To get white butter icing use the white wooden spoon margarine not the yellow marg. We used white for the facial features and hair and red and blue for the clothes.. <br />
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But got a little carried away with the excitement of icing... <br />
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So Mommy had to doctor them a little to avoid hectic hyperactivity... <br />
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And then of coarse we ate them...<br />
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It was my dad's birthday 2 weeks ago so for the fun of it we thought we'd try our hand at decorating cupcakes in a special way - not just icing and sprinkles. We were first inspired to be more adventurous with cup cakes when our neighbour blessed us with the most gorgeous gift of <a href="http://annsworkbasket.blogspot.com/2010/11/feast-your-eyes.html">gorgeous cup cakes</a> a few weeks ago. So we found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUzrhfc8X2U">this video</a> and just HAD TO make these super cute sunflowers for my dad's birthday. The middle is made with oreo's which give the perfect colour and hight and we made the ladybird's out of mini smarties... <br />
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To give the petals that variegated, realistic look you put yellow on one side of the piping bag and orange on the other so the two colours pipe out together. <br />
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Hope everyone else is also having fun in the kitchen these holidays!Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996588725146831943.post-75679206974579350522010-11-23T03:14:00.000-08:002010-11-23T03:14:16.312-08:00Animal HospitalAndy chose this activity out of The Rainy Day Book by Jane Bull.<br />
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He painted a medium sized cardboard box yesterday so this morning we made the door out of the cut off flaps of the box opening.<br />
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The latch...<br />
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Putting his doggie toy in the pet hospital for some special TLC... I've had that dog since I was two :)<br />
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He took a bowl and put some scraps of wool yarn for Dog's special food...<br />
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:)Celiah Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09128284343594000414noreply@blogger.com1